Overview
Volume Gateway presents cloud-backed iSCSI block storage volumes to your on-premises applications. Volume Gateway stores and manages on-premises data in Amazon S3 on your behalf and operates in either cache mode or stored mode. In the cached Volume Gateway mode, your primary data is stored in Amazon S3, while retaining your frequently accessed data locally in the cache for low latency access. In the stored Volume Gateway mode, your primary data is stored locally and your entire dataset is available for low latency access on premises while also asynchronously getting backed up to Amazon S3. In either mode, you can take point-in-time copies of your volumes using AWS Backup, which are stored in AWS as Amazon EBS snapshots. Using Amazon EBS Snapshots enables you to make space-efficient versioned copies of your volumes for data protection, recovery, migration, and various other copy data needs.
How it works
Benefits
Use cases
TransferWise
TransferWise is a global financial technology company working to develop better ways to move money around the world. TransferWise began its cloud migration by using a hybrid cloud storage architecture to move its data backup environment to AWS. They quickly realized that using Volume Gateway and Amazon EBS snapshots was an effective way to get their data robustly into AWS. Volume Gateway provided a simple way of doing the migration that worked with their database team’s existing processes and knowledge.
King
King is a leading interactive entertainment company whose franchises include the famed Candy Crush mobile game. With cached volumes, King has their most used files local, and all of their files are stored safely in AWS. King uses Storage Gateway whenever they need a quick way to have big storage available.
STEMCELL
STEMCELL has been an AWS customer for many years, including using AWS Storage Gateway since 2014, and has migrated 85% of their IT operations to the cloud. STEMCELL wanted to stop buying big disk silos, especially as they opened up new global offices, and can now recover in the cloud from a snapshot by using Volume Gateway.
